Design, synthesis and evaluation of structurally diverse chrysin-chromene-spirooxindole hybrids as anticancer agents
作者:Wen-Hui Zhang、Shuang Chen、Xiong-Li Liu、Ting-Ting Feng、Wu-De Yang、Ying Zhou
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2019.115109
日期:2019.11
A series of structurally diverse chrysin-chromene-spirooxindole hybrids were designed, synthesized via a Knoevenagel/Michael/cyclization of chrysin and isatylidene malononitrile derivatives through utilizing a hybrid pharmacophore approach. The newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vitro anticancer activity, and most of the compounds showed stronger anti-proliferative activity than parent compound chrysin. In particular, compound 3e had the highest cytotoxicity towards A549 cells (IC50 = 3.15 +/- 0.51 mu M), and had better selectivity in A549 cells and normal MRC-5 cells. Furthermore, compound 3e could significantly inhibit the proliferation and migration of A549 cells in a dose-dependent manner, as well as induce the apoptosis possibly through mitochondria-mediated caspase-3/8/9 activation and multi-target co-regulation of the p53 signaling pathway. Thus, our results provide in vitro evidence that compound 3e may be a potential candidate for the development of new anti-tumour drugs.